Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] he [vb mod] [verb] her " in BNC.
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1 | There was no doubt in his mind that he 'd find her . |
2 | But Emily 's great wish from childhood , confided to her small admirer David on his first visit , is to be a lady , and when her beauty and refinement attract David 's glamorous friend Steerforth , she elopes with him in the hope that he will bring her home a lady . |
3 | Unfortunately the discovery that he could make her respond to even his lightest caress was enough to make the ride into Winchester a damned uncomfortable one . |
4 | Her eyes filled with a hot prickling that he should humiliate her in public , with half of Venice floating by . |
5 | The craving of her flesh for more of that fighting lovemaking would instantly override all other considerations — pride , her awareness of his contempt , the knowledge that he could destroy her . |
6 | He had come to the conclusion that the Queen was unlikely to abdicate ( nor is there a hint that he would like her to ) , and that therefore he had to make his mark as Prince of Wales rather than as King . |
7 | And a prodigy that he should receive her there alone . |
8 | But cold reality was but a split second away , and Leith went swiftly from dream world to fury that he should involve her in this sham . |
9 | She was up in arms , riled by his easy assurance , his certainty that he could manipulate her like some puppet . |
10 | One of them — the owner of a mobile whelk stall in South Wimbledon — had told the doctor that he could sentence her to death until he was blue in the face and that he , personally , could not give a flying fuck . |
11 | A suggestion that he should take her out to lunch , instead , did n't , surprisingly , fall flat . |
12 | There 's never a minute when he 's in the house that he 'll let her out of his sight . ’ |